Today was ok. Woken up really early by what sounded like Ganesh after too much beer pissing on the roof. The rain here is insane. Lucky me, I was all cozy in bed and able to fall back asleep without even getting (unnecessarily) wet.

Out of a spirit of friendship I helped make a little birthday-page for these British girls to send to their friend, and am hosting it. She’ll never know if y’all look at it, so don’t worry about ruining the birthday surprise.

Starting work tomorrow! Yay yay yay. Very excited. Every one says that all the volunteers who have worked at this school (for those who don’t know, it’s a school for the deaf and hearing impaired) have had a great time of it. Found out that they use sign language based primarily on American Sign Language, but with some local oddities. Hopefully I will pick some up fast.

I am also looking to pick up the local lingo. I got two little books, one on Kannada (local lingo) and one on Hindi (national lingo). Looked at the Kannada book a bit, can almost read it, but have no idea how to pronounce it, etc. So, I’m looking for lessons. Of course, it’s not there aren’t loads of people here that don’t speak a lick of Kannada and live here just fine with English or even just Hindi. Lots of people also speak Tamil and Urdu… oh well, the signs are all in Kannada or English, so I’ll concentrate on learning one of those and teaching the other.

Looking into making travel plans for a coming holiday, I’ll have a 4-day weekend. Might go to the beach. Not Goa, somewhere deserted maybe. You have to book well in advance, especially in the holiday season, due to limited spots and a dilapidated infrastructure… I’m not one for planning well in advance… I guess I’m just gonna have to learn!

Things get quiter here on Sunday. (Though that’s not saying much.)

Saw hoards of people lined up in front of a nondescript church, with a big banner on the front reading “SET ME ON FIRE, GOD!” I say, whoa y’all, be careful what you wish for.